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thirty said:
He spars 15 minute rounds. He's not going to trade. He'll just throw flawless defense at you and UD the win. He has stamina for days.
gollumsluvslave said:
Definitely. But Mayweather is the best in the business at not deviating from his game plan, he'll be Pac's worse match up, a defensive counter puncher... with speed unlike anyone he has faced. The fight is pretty much guaranteed at this point, if there's one thing Floyd likes more than winning, it's the Benjamins, and I don't think there's any lesser matches left to milk at this point.
BakedPigeon
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Pacman can beat MayWeather. The guy is going to lose at some point, and this is going to be the fight.
polyh3dron
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What a shitty stoppage.
gollumsluvslave
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All over!
Props to Pacman!
Awesome display!
Looked stronger than Cotto from round 2.
Credit to Cotto for sticking in there for the last 3 or 4 rounds.
Props to Pacman!
Awesome display!
Looked stronger than Cotto from round 2.
Credit to Cotto for sticking in there for the last 3 or 4 rounds.
J Tourettes
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polyh3dron said:
If he was going to stop it there, he could've at least stopped it in the eleventh and won me some money!
Credit to Pac though, he made it look easy. It's a shame PBF is going to tax that arse though.
TheCardPlayer
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Major props to Cotto. He gained about 700 man points, tonight. He held on strong and never back off. Sure he tried to get away from Pacquiao in the later rounds but everybody would have.
Pacman is the P4P champion. No questions asked. He eats Mayweather for breakfast, anyday, anytime.
Pacman is the P4P champion. No questions asked. He eats Mayweather for breakfast, anyday, anytime.
BakedPigeon said:
I doubt it. Pac is going to be the trendy pick, mostly because his style is significantly more "entertaining" than Mayweathers, but I still consider it to be a bad matchup for Manny. Not only does Manny have issue with defensive counter punchers, but people are seriously under appreciating Mayweather's speed advantage. Yes, Manny is quick but Mayweather has enough speed to fight with his hands rested at his sides, dude's speed is ridiculous.
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Darkman M said:
Pffft, Mayweather wouldn't make the distance. He's spent the last half decade, running away from the challenges and taking on piss easy fights. Pacman would hurt him bad.
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Pacman don't want none of Mayweather. He is saying it right now.
talisayNon
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friend's tweet.
BakedPigeon
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You guys are giving Floyd to much credit, he is beatable, he is not a god. Pacman has a chance at least, is in the realm of possible.
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Darkman M said:
I don't even think Pernell Whitaker is a better defensive fighter than Floyd. Watch the fight with Marquez and watch damn near everything thrown gets either blocked or downright avoided. People acting like he's never fought anybody with speed before that can hit like Zab Judah?
Why are we talking PBF? Give Pacquiao some respect. At least half of the experts didn't think Manny could even survive 12 rounds. The fight was fucking over after 8 rounds. Cotto was looking very good for 3 rounds, but the rope a dope to left uppercut was insane. No one has dropped Cotto with one punch like that. No one.
this thread is gonna be epic leading to the mayweather/pac fight in 2010.
i for one feel pac will walk through all of mayweather's counter punches and punish mayweather with furies. in those early rounds of this fight, pac covered up with both hands, took cotto's best, and then released the onslaught of punches to damage cotto. that was near superhuman.
i for one feel pac will walk through all of mayweather's counter punches and punish mayweather with furies. in those early rounds of this fight, pac covered up with both hands, took cotto's best, and then released the onslaught of punches to damage cotto. that was near superhuman.
Bauer Action Hour
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I'm a fan of both fighters but have followed Cotto longer and rooted for him to win, even though I thought his deficiencies could be exploited by Manny's speed. The fight was painful to watch from that perspective.
After the 4th round, it was basically over as a remotely competitive fight. When Manny hurt Cotto and got him down then, Cotto abandoned any notion of committing to his punches and it's obvious now that Cotto's power is a complete non-factor when he can't plant and sit down on his punches.
I think I agree w/ the HBO crew that Cotto's time as a great fighter is basically over. If he's to have any chance of getting back to legit contender status, he's going to need a better corner. Neither his uncle before nor Santiago have plugged the hole he has in his defense up the middle.
As for Manny, what can you say? He's on another level. He did his thing and battered Cotto. All that needs to happen now is him vs Floyd. It'll be one hell of a thing to see if Manny's incredible offensive quickness can catch up to Floyd's reflexes and defensive speed. IMO Manny can catch up to him and Floyd doesn't have enough of an offensive game, w/ his pot-shot style, to bother Manny enough to hold him back.
After the 4th round, it was basically over as a remotely competitive fight. When Manny hurt Cotto and got him down then, Cotto abandoned any notion of committing to his punches and it's obvious now that Cotto's power is a complete non-factor when he can't plant and sit down on his punches.
I think I agree w/ the HBO crew that Cotto's time as a great fighter is basically over. If he's to have any chance of getting back to legit contender status, he's going to need a better corner. Neither his uncle before nor Santiago have plugged the hole he has in his defense up the middle.
As for Manny, what can you say? He's on another level. He did his thing and battered Cotto. All that needs to happen now is him vs Floyd. It'll be one hell of a thing to see if Manny's incredible offensive quickness can catch up to Floyd's reflexes and defensive speed. IMO Manny can catch up to him and Floyd doesn't have enough of an offensive game, w/ his pot-shot style, to bother Manny enough to hold him back.
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